Onslow County NcArchives Court.....Jonathan Bryant, Jonathan Bronnocks To 1783 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a February 24, 2009, 6:58 am Source: Colonial Records Written: 1783 Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1783 April 18, 1783 - May 17, 1783 Volume 24, Pages 475 - 542 CHAPTER L. An Act for altering the name of Jonathan Bronnocks to that of Jonathan Bryant. Whereas Jonathan Bronnocks, of Onslow county, in this State, the son of Bethuty Bronnocks, now the wife of John Evans, has from the time of his nativity hitherto been called by the name of Jonathan Bronnock, and whereas for special and urgent reasons the said Jonathan Bronnock aforesaid, hath earnestly petitioned and prayed that the name of the said Jonathan Bronnock may be altered to the name of Jonathan Bryant by an Act of Assembly for that purpose; Be it therefore Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby Enacted by the authority of the same, that from and after the ratification of this Act, the name of the said Jonathan Bronnock shall be altered to the name of Jonathan Bryant, and that the said Jonathan Bronnock shall from thenceforth be called and known by the name of Jonathan Bryant, and that by the name of Jonathan Bryant he shall be, and he is hereby enabled to receive, possess and enjoy, any and every devise, bequest, legacy, estate, right, title, interest and property of, in, and to any lands tenements hereditaments, goods, monies, sum or sums of monies, credits or chattels whatever, which shall or may be given, granted, assigned, conveyed or made payable to him in the said name of Jonathan Bryant, and by virtue of any last will and testament, deed, bill of sale, conveyance, bond, obligation, bill, promissory note, or other writing of assumption, of or from any person or persons whatsoever and that by the said name of Jonathan Bryant he shall and may sue and recover and be sued and impleaded in any action or suit, as well at law as in equity or otherwise, and may therein plead, answer and defend, in as full and ample manner to all intents and purposes, and that by the name of Jonathan Bryant, he shall and may from the said ratification of this Act in all things whatsoever be subject to the same restrictions and intitled to the same privileges, benefits, and emoluments, as if he had from the time of his nativity hitherto been called and known by the said name of Jonathan Bryant, and no other name. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/onslow/court/jonathan706nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb